A poor, poor game with Eric Paartalu’s 24th minute strike being the difference between the sides. Up against a big defence and in the absence of Harper and Wiles the Pars failed to play much cohesive football and struggled to create chances. It seems that every time there is an initiative to boost crowds the Pars come up with a performance that is not so much X factor as X-rated.

The Pars suffered another narrow loss to a team from Tayside. This time Dundee, experiencing a Jocky Scott bounce, were the victors; their offside tactics frustrating the Pars who hit the woodwork twice.

As the eyes of the world turned west, anticipating a night of drama and excitement with the possibility of history being made, the small band of hardy souls who made the journey to Airdrie on a chilly night were not to be disappointed, and were rewarded with a good win, although Gallacher saved them on more than one occassion.